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Sounds like it.

It doesn't have to be purely a yoghurt maker.

It can be a yoghurt or anything else you might use more of maker

I saw that too Sharron, when I was googling for tips.

I had some of the "cheese" for lunch today, on crackers. Very nice.

So if the yoghurt doesn't work out, I'll use it to make cheese.

Was it in "Life of Brian"......... blessed are the cheesemakers? :-D :-0

I know you won't care but I have just found a way to make yoghurt in a slow cooker.

It is on a site called 'Little House Living'.

Experiment number three is now underway.

I got some natural Greek yoghurt and used that instead of the starter.

I'm checking it after 6 hours, not 8 as recommended...... I think the longer time made it overdone & lumpy.

:-)

I now have two big lumps of soft cheese.

I think I'll make a weird lasagna.

:-D

Try making yoghurt in a flask with the starter.

If it comes out horrible it might well be the starter that is at fault.

The yoghurt has been in the fridge all night.

It's weird. Looks a bit like sloppy feta or riccotta.

Maybe I could make a leek & potato flan with it :-D

I'll try a natural Greek yoghurt as a starter, because this seems a waste of time (and milk) to me.

:-(

Try googling Kefir Plant and this may be what you are wanting. I had a small piece of this given to me by a homeopath very many years ago and used it to make yoghurt.

Could be the culture.

I have never used it. Try a bit of natural yoghurt and if it still comes out tasting like it has already been eaten once. take the machine back and tell them to stick it where the sun don't shine (Clause 4, subsection 9 of the Sale of Goods Act!)

second lot done, and in the fridge.

It's just as lumpy as the first lot, and I don't like it. :-(

I think I have a cheese maker, not a yoghurt maker.

:-|

Just buy a pot of plain yoghurt and use a dollop of that.

Then save a bit of what you made to go in the next lot.

I don't have any yoghurt, other than the stuff which is now turning into cheese.

I used the tiny speckle things.... starters........ what are they, dried yoghurt?

Once I have a decent yoghurt I can use some for the next lot.

DH says he'll leave home when I ask for a cow or a goat :-D

I found I had much better results when I thoroughly whisked the yogurt into the milk before I put it into the flask rather than just drop a dollop in.

I should say..........

I didn't go out to buy a yoghurt maker.

I won a raffle prize.... my choice of $1,000 of electrical goods. :-D

I now have lots of gadgets that I wouldn't have bought otherwise.

The lumpy yoghurt is now sitting in the fridge..... inside a scalded hanky (a never used one) in a sieve, over a bowl.

I'm making a new batch of yoghurt........ milk has been heated to 90C and is now cooling down to 40C........ then I'll stick it in the pot and wait for a miracle.

The instructions recommend adding some powdered milk if you want a thicker yoghurt. This time I'll try it with no powder and see what happens.

A few experiments methinks.

:-)

Muslin. I buy packets from the baby department of Saints...y, very useful as allround kitchen cloths though I haven't used them for straining food yet!

I don't have any muslin. No fabric shops here.

If I use a clean cloth (I'm thinking of a new large hanky) over a sieve, would that work?

When I was eating my breakfast I kept telling myself......... It's Yoghurt! It's Yoghurt! It's lumpy, but It's Yoghurt! :-D

Run it through a muslin overnight and you have a soft cheese.

Mix in a bit of something, whatever takes your fancy like chives or garlic and put it on some biscuits.

Waste not want not.

Elizabeth with numbers.I was given this ' plant',,it looked like white-coloured brains.Sounds delicious,doesn't it? It could be used for ever, so to speak. Don't know if it is possible to get this anywhere now, you can get so,many different types of yoghurt in the shops, reckon most people can't be bothered to fiddle around with doing this. Btw, I live in Holland, maybe this 'plant' wasn't available in the UK?

The yoghurt spent the night in the fridge.

This morning it looked like cottage cheese! :-( I had some with grainy cereal (a bit like muesli) & raspberries. Tasted OK, but not wonderful.

I think I know where I went wrong.

The instructions that came with it were very vague, so I found the maker's website and printed off instructions. I think I have an older model than the one on the website :-( There's a light on mine that shows orange when it's switched on, but it doesn't turn green. I think I "cooked" it for too long.

Also...... it was recommended to put some powdered milk in, if you want thicker yoghurt...... I won't use so much next time and might get yoghurt instead of cottage cheese :-D